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G. B} GONLEYQ BOX 0B CARTON.

APPLICATION rum) JAR. 2,.1909.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

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G R E "Be itkn'own that I, GEORGE ,CONLEY, a

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Applica tiomflled January 2, N09. Serial-No. 470,459. a

along themarallel lines 11 and 12, so that the;portions"13 and.14 may be bent or foldcitizemof theUnited States of America, we 'ed' upward to form the sides ofthe body of siding atflle'vland, in the "county of Guyathe box, and-is also scored along the parallel 'hoga andpsfate of Ohio, have invented cert'linesfldanditi'so that the portions 17 and '18 maybe bent or folded upward to form .or' Cartons; and'I hereby declare the follow- I the:en'ds of the "body portion. The scored tain newand useful Improvements in Boxes ing to jbe-a fullyclear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artrto which it pertains'to make and-use the same.

lines are extended to'the outer edges of the blank =and'form at the different corners, squares designated 19. Each of these squares is scored-diagonally along the line 20' from "This invention: relates to boxes or cartons i the inner cornerto 'the outercorner but on consisting of a body portion and atop "or the wopposlte-side of the blank from the s1de cover both "formed from flat-blanks of card 'havingthejscorings 11,12, 15.and16 so that,

or straw board, or other similar'fiexible material, i l

The invention also relates to the blanks themselves'from which-the box is adapted-to be'formed. 1

"The object of the invention is to provide blanks which are so formed or shaped that when folded they will form the two com- .ponent parts of thebox, and when these parts are united the sides and end portions of the-latter will be held or fastened together, so to speak, in planes which aresubstantially at right-angles to the flat top and bottom, without the necessity for the interlocking tongues or'flapsiand slots which are generally employed for this purpose.

-My invention consists in certain novel details-of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which are described in the specification, shown in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank-from which the body portion of the box is formed. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the blank from which the cover of the box is formed. Fig. 3 shows the blank for the body of the box with the sides andend portions partially folded upward. Fig. 4 shows the blank for the cover with the sides and end portions partially folded upward. Fig. 5 is a side view of the box in its com leted form with the body and ing taken substantially along the line 6--6,

Fig. 5, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow.

Referring now to the figures of the drawin'gs, 10 represents a rectangular blank from which the body portion of the box is formed,

and which is scored or creased lengthwise are folded upward the squares 19 will fold inward sons to format the corners inwardly projecting members 21 havingtriangularshaped side .portions 22 and 23. As will be explained "later these inwardly projecting members: form pockets which receive similurly 'formed tongues on-the cover so as to hold-the sides and the ends of the box in the proper position when the two component partsoi thebox are united.

. 'The'blankflri from which the cover of the box is formed-is shaped very much like the blank froni'which the body of the box is formed. Dhis blank is scored lengthwise along the parallel lines 25 and 26, so that the side portions 27 and 28 may be folded or bent upward, to form the sides of the cover,

and is also-scored at the ends along the parallel lines29 and 30 so that the end portions 3L-=and32 may be'folded upward to form the ends of thecover. This blank differs from the'blank 10 in that the corners are-mitered at-'forty-fivedegrees, the mitered edges bemg desl' nated"33,nso that at the corners of the blan there are formed by the continuations of the scorings beyond the points of intersection isosceles triangles designated 34.

Each of these triangles is scored on the opposite side of the blank from the side having the main scorings 25, 26, 29 and 30, from the inner or right-angle to the center of the mitered edge 33, this scoring being designated 35. Thus it will be seen, that, when the cover is formed by folding the side portions 27 and 28 and the end portions 31 and 32 there will be provided at the corners inwardly projectin members-36, each having triangular-shaped side portions 37 and 38. These side portions when folded to ether form tongues which are adapted to e re-v ceived in the pockets formed by'the somethese mitered ed es will be para what similar projectin niembers 21 of the.

body portion. Also w en the side portions of these projecting members of; the cover are folded together, themitered edges will be doubled on themselvesand will be at fortyfive degrees to the edges of the cover. Fur-' thermore when the cover is inverted or in a position to be placed on the bod% portion, le to the diagonally extending or inclined bottom portions of the pockets 21 of the body portion. To unite the cover and body portion of the box the cover is placed upon the body portion and the inwardly projecting tongues 36 at the corners of the cover are inserted in the pockets 21 at the corners of the body portion, the mitered corners of the blank giving the tongues such a shape that they will fit into the pockets nicely andthe edges of the tongues formed by the mitering will lie along the diagonal lower or bottom edges of the pockets as is shown clearly in Fig. 6.-

When the parts are. constructed as described and when united as stated above, the

= tongues 36 are held so tightly in the pockets 21 at the corners of the body of the box, that the sides and ends of the body and cover will be locked together, so to speak, or will be revented from spreading outward but wil be held in the proper positions at right-.

angles to the top and bot-tom of the box. At the same time the frictional engagement be tween the projecting tongues and pockets is 'such that the cover will be held'firmlyon the body portion.' It will be seen, therefore,

and that the box will have a smooth f into the pockets of the body when said cover is placed thereon.

A box consisting of a body portion and a cover, each formed from blanks by folding upwardly the sides and ends, the blank for the body portion having the corners thereof folded inwardly so as to form triangularshaped ockets, and said cover having its corners olded inwardly forming triangularshaped tongues which extend into said pgckets when the cover is placed on the dy portion. V

3. A box consisting of a body portion and a cover, each formed from blanks, the blanks from which the body portion is formed being rectangular in shape and having scorings' paral el to the sides and ends thereof and at a distance therefrom and having its corners scored diagonally from the outer corner angles to the angles formed by the intersections of the scorings so that the sides and ends may be folded .upward and the corners maybe folded inward, the latter forming triangular-shaped pockets, and the blank from which the cover is formed having scorings extending along the sides and-ends at a distance therefrom, and the corners being mitered off at forty-five degrees so that there is provided at each corner by the continuations of the intersectin scorings an isosceles triangle, each triang e being scored from the inner an 1e to the center of the mitered edge, where y the sides and ends of the blank can be folded upward and the corners can be folded inward so as to form at the corners inwardly projecting triangularshaped tongues which, when the cover is placed on the body portion, extend. into and are frictionally engaged by the sides of the inwardly pro ecting pockets on .the body portion.

In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing specification, in the presence of two witmesses-- GEORGE B. CONLEY. Witnesses:

VIo'roR C. LYNCH, N. L. MoDoN-NnLL. 

